Join us for a tour, with interpretation into American Sign Language, of the luscious exhibit: Lunch Hour NYC! The tour will last approximately one hour, will assemble outside the entrance to the Gottesman Exhibition Hall at 11 a.m. No reservations necessary.

Take a bite out of the summer with the sweetest monster in the world, Cookie Monster! Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster joins celebrity chef, best selling author and founder of the Now Eat This! food truck, Rocco DiSpirito at The New York Public Library for a special cooking demonstration for children, where Cookie Monster and the audience will learn how to make healthy cookies, and discover that healthy foods can also be delicious.
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From cold storage in Brooklyn to Ladurée in Paris and Restaurant Jean Georges and Nougatine in NYC, get the sweet scoop on culinary careers and experiences from a James Beard Foundation “Outstanding Pastry Chef of the Year” award winner Johnny Iuzzini.
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In conjunction with the Exhibition Lunch Hour: NYC - now through February 17 at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue
The meal most often eaten in public, lunch has a long history of establishing social status and cementing alliances. A traditional Mongolian proverb advises: “Keep breakfast for yourself, share lunch with your friend and give dinner to your enemy.” From the Ploughman’s lunch in the field to the Power Lunch at the Four Seasons, where, with whom, and up…

Join us for a tour, with interpretation into American Sign Language, of the luscious exhibit: Lunch Hour NYC! The tour will last approximately one hour. Please assemble outside the entrance to the Gottesman Exhibition Hall at 11 a.m. No reservations necessary.

Cracker bakeries, sugar refineries, candy makers – New York had them all in 1861 when the Civil War began. Once the huge build up of troops began, it meant that many more supplies would be needed to feed them. New York’s robust cracker industry was already making thousands of pounds of hardbreads (the actual name of hardtack) for the city’s shipping industry, but with the start of the war, it meant they would have to ramp up production. With the U. S. government buying up every piece of hardb…

How and why did rice, primarily long grain white rice, arrive in the British colonies and become big business? Rice origins are Asian and West African, and it is through the movement of Asian and West African populations, whether voluntary or compulsory, that rice eventually became an established staple in US agriculture. US rice consumption continues to increase as immigrants arrive from different rice cultures. From hoppin’john to rice cakes to food truck pilaf to sushi, rice is everywhere…